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To: Zoltan! who wrote (16683)	7/1/1998 8:41:00 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 20981

OOOOH that darn old Drudge is just an embarrassment to the proud press fraternity. All the news that's fit to steal: Cincinnati Enquirer Apologizes To Chiquita Brands Dow Jones Newswires CINCINNATI (AP)--The Cincinnati Enquirer apologized to Chiquita Brands International Inc. (CQB) in a front-page story Sunday, saying its series of stories that questioned the company's business practices were "untrue" and based on stolen voice mail. The newspaper said it has fired the lead reporter and agreed to pay more than $10 million to settle any claims against it by the company. "We apologize to Chiquita and its employees for this unethical and unlawful conduct and for the untrue conclusions in the Chiquita series of articles," Enquirer Publisher Harry M. Whipple and Editor Lawrence K. Beaupre said in a front-page story Sunday. A message left with a Chiquita spokesman wasn't immediately returned. In a series of stories beginning May 3, the newspaper reported Chiquita, a worldwide banana exporter based in Cincinnati, engage in a wide variety of questionable business practices in Central America. The newspaper said the stories were based in part on voice-mail messages from a high-ranking Chiquita official whom it didn't identify. Chiquita denied any wrongdoing, and the Hamilton County sheriff's department began investigating whether any information was stolen from the company. The newspaper said it has fired reporter Mike Gallagher because it concluded he lied about the source of the voice-mail information. "Information provided to the Enquirer makes it clear that not only was there never a person at Chiquita with authority to provide privileged, confidential and properietary information, but the facts now indicate that an Enquirer employee was involved in the theft of this information in violation of the law," the newspaper said. The Enquirer agreed to publish an apology prominently on its front page for three days and post the apology on its web site. The newspaper said the articles "created a false and misleading impression of Chiquita's business practices." "We have withdrawn the articles from continued display on the Enquirer's Internet web site and renounce the series of articles," the newspaper said. Gallagher has obtained an attorney and "will not comment on his newsgathering techniques," the newspaper said. http://www.enquirer.com/